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   POOR Jeff Immelt. Since taking control of General Electric (GE) in 2001, he has hardly put a foot wrong. He has reshuffled his pack of companies, divesting volatile ones and acquiring fast-growing businesses in higher-margin areas such as infrastructure and health care. Recent revenue…

May 24th 2007 | BERLIN AND LONDON From Economist.comTurmoil among Europe's corporate champions Claudio Munoz  Get article backgroundAT A time when Europe’s big companies can hold their heads up high, with results comparable to those of America’s corporate giants, comes a crop of…

May 23rd 2007 | NEW YORK From Economist.comA display of force in the Persian Gulf is unlikely to change Iranian minds over the country's nuclear programme AFP  Get article backgroundIT IS easy to see why nine American warships carrying 17,000 personnel were sent steaming into the Persian…

www.savenetradio.orgBy DOREEN CARVAJALPARIS, May 13 — Since Pandora.com closed its box of digital musical delights this month to users outside the United States, the complaints have been pouring in from Dubai to Patagonia.It is “a step back to the dark ages in the music world!”…

American immigration reform, Britain's energy policy, California's greener cars and Myanmar's lack of democracy AFP • EXPECT a the debate on immigration in America to intensify, after the White House and a leading group of senators struck a provisional deal on reform that could allow an…